Angul: Angul police Monday recorded the statement of an eight-year-old rape victim after she returned from SCB Medical College and Hospital Sunday.
After recording her statement under Section 164 of CrPC, a test identification parade (TIP) was conducted at Angul jail where the survivor, a member of a nomadic family from Maharashtra camping here, clung to her relatives after seeing her tormentor Shibu Patnaik of Amalapada, said a source.
The source added that the survivor has identified Shibu as the accused. The police then handed her over to the district child welfare committee.
Since the survivor is unwell with a high risk of catching infection, CWC chairman in-charge Debashis Pattanayak directed her admission into hospital. She was subsequently admitted to the district headquarters hospital here.
Pattanayak also directed the police to ensure 24×7 security cover for the minor.
“A meeting will be convened to decide where she would be kept after her complete recovery,” he informed.
Angul IIC Ramesh Chandra Bisoi said chargesheet would be filed after arrival of forensic report.
PNN